Fukushima 50 (film)

Fukushima 50
Film poster
Directed bySetsurō Wakamatsu[1]
Written byYōichi Maekawa[1][2]
Based onOn the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
by Ryusho Kadota[1]
Produced byNaohiko Ninomiya
StarringKoichi Sato[1]
Ken Watanabe[1]
CinematographyShoji Ehara
Edited byZiliang Kai
Music byTaro Iwashiro[1]
Production
company
Distributed byKadokawa[1]
Release date
  • March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
[3][4]
Running time
122 minutes[3]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$7.4 miilion[3]

Fukushima 50 is a 2020 Japanese disaster drama film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu and written by Yōichi Maekawa. Starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, it is about the titular group of employees tasked with handling the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film is based on the book by Ryusho Kadota, titled On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, and it is the first Japanese film to depict the disaster.[5]

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  2. ^ "2020年大河ドラマ「麒麟がくる」"美濃編"出演者発表". NHK_PR. NHK. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Fukushima 50 (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference jt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Shackleton, Liz (14 May 2019). "Japan 2011 earthquake, tsunami drama 'Fukushima 50' leads Kadokawa slate (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Media Business Insight Limited. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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